Windsurf MagazineMIKEY CLANCY WINDSURFER REMEMBERED

MIKEY CLANCY WINDSURFER REMEMBERED

Three years ago, windsurfer Mikey Clancy sadly passed away, friends remember Mikey’s memory in words and video.

Katie McAnena – ”I’ve always found it impossibly hard to say much about the loss of Mikey Clancy. It’s 3 years to the day since my dear friend passed away. Three years have seen some spectacular highs and equally some tragic lows in the world of windsurfing. Mikey was the definition of all that it is to be Irish and all that it is to be a windsurfer. His warmth, openness, kindness and sense of humour were all enhanced by his motivation, drive and love of being on the water and sharing his progress with the windsurfing world. He helped shape Irish windsurfing and showed us all that hard work, talent, love and a very thick,warm wetsuit could open your life to endless possibilities on the coastlines of Ireland and farther afield. Although he was 4 years younger than me I found myself looking up to him as an inspiration as to what was achievable. He paved a path that was unique and will never again be replicated.

There is not a single session on the water when I don’t think of him. If the conditions are sick and I’m sailing well I’ll look up and say ‘cheers Mikey’, but for the most part the conditions are vicious and cold and I’m wiping out and I look up and smile and again say ‘cheers Mikey”, because I know he’s having a great old laugh watching me flounder.

Today let’s celebrate a life worth remembering. A life cut too short but so rich in achievements and talent that it will forever be feted. Mikey you were a legend.

So whatever your day amounts to on this, the 6th of January, whether you’re stuck at work or ripping it up on the waves somewhere, smile widely and proudly in the celebration of one of life’s best characters, Mikey Clancy.

Our love and thoughts extend to his family Michael, Bernie and Sean and all his extended family and friends around the world.”

Pic – Katie McAnena and Mikey Clancy

Mikey getting back windsurfing after a long layoff due too injury – www.youtube.com/user/mikifier1

A tribute by Peter Hart to Mikey Clancy, the amazing young Irish windsurfer who died in January. Peter remembers the week in Donegal back in 2005 when he coached him as 15 year old.

Some clips of the late, great Mikey Clancy – Aeolus Production (aeproduction, a Welsh based film business, specialising in wind sports and surfing.)

This is a tribute to young Irish wave sailor Mikey Clancy, who sadly passed away much too early on January 6th. No wave was too big for him!
It is a short video about one moment in Mikey’s life riding big waves on this beautiful day in Puertito, Fuerteventura and sharing his stoke with us and his friends. – Continentseven.com